On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 05:35:08PM -0000, APR Technical Support wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm trying to set up amanda, struggling a bit.
> (My fault, I suspect, nothing to do with the software!)
>
> Here's the current error :-
>
> $amtape Daily reset
> amtape: no tpchanger specified in "/usr/local/etc/amanda/Daily/amanda.conf"
> $
>
> Here is the relevant section of the amanda.conf file :-
>
> #runtapes 1 # number of tapes to be used in a single
> run of amdump
> #tpchanger "chg-manual" # the tape-changer glue script
> tapedev "/dev/rmt/1n" # the no-rewind tape device to be used
> #rawtapedev "/dev/null" # the raw device to be used (ftape only)
> changerfile "/usr/local/share/amanda/Daily/chg-multi.conf"
> #changerfile "/usr/adm/amanda/DailySet1/changer-status"
> #changerfile "/usr/local/etc/amanda/DailySet1/changer.conf"
> #changerdev "/dev/null"
>
> Assuming that I need to uncomment the tpchanger line, what should I point it
> at?
> Am I right customising and using chg-multi.conf?
>
> Any thoughts/guidance appreciated.
Thought 1, its good to specify which amanda version you are using.
Thought 2. you did not say if you had a changer, make, model, /dev entry.
if not, you needn't use any changer entries
Thought 3. you have changerfile set to chg-multi. that would suggest your
tpchanger should also be chg-multi
Thought 4. for my Solaris system and drive chg-mtx worked fine. others have
used chg-zd-mtx (note you will have to obtain and install mtx).
still others have configured the "sgen" (generic scsi?) driver
and used chg-scsi, or the chg-mtx's
Thought 5. /dev/rmt/1n ? Do you have another tape drive at 0?
Thought 6. the device /dev/rmt/1n is choosing the "default" density and/or
compression for your tape drive. if that is what you want, fine,
otherwise check into 1ln, 1mn, ...
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